England all but secured qualification for next summer’s World Cup by grinding out a hard-fought 2-1 victory over Slovakia and the players and manager deserve great credit for their conduct during the campaign. It has been a time of great upheaval for the England set up as Sam Allardyce was sacked in disgrace and all-time […]
Posted on September 11th, 2017 by admin
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International football is set to take centre stage for the second time already in 2014/2015 as managers prepare their team for another round of Euro 2016 qualifiers and friendlies. England are set to face Group E opponent Slovenia at Wembley on November 15th before facing Scotland two days later, with Roy Hodgson naming a […]
Posted on November 11th, 2014 by scott
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It’s always interesting when you view football games and the Ryder Cup is also on, you feel torn as to which sport you should be watching. But SKY/BT and the Premier League did offer up some tasty opposition to the golf on Saturday with the Merseyside derby followed by the North London equivalent. Although I […]
Posted on September 29th, 2014 by scott
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By Ian Rands (A United View) At the end of last year I sat in a near empty stadium that was devoid of atmosphere and watched a football match. It was an odd experience, sat amongst a passive audience that barely showed any passion or interest for what happened on the pitch. A home goal […]
Posted on May 9th, 2014 by scott
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By Malcolm Cox Grassroots football in England and throughout the UK is in crisis. Recent figures showed that the number of people playing the game at local level has fallen from 2.04 million in 2005 to 1.84 million in 2014 – a decline that has prompted Sport England to cut its funding to the FA […]
Posted on April 23rd, 2014 by scott
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After the controversy that surrounded the red card that was mistakenly given to Arsenal’s Kieran Gibbs rather than teammate Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, questions remain unanswered and the debacle remains murky to say the least. The FA and the ‘Professional Game Match Officials Limited’ haven’t really dealt with the matter in the best way. They have decided […]
Posted on March 25th, 2014 by scott
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